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  Andrei Tupolev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tupolev was a leading light of the Moscow-based Central Aero and Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI; (Russian: Центральный аэро-гидродинамический институт; ЦАГИ)) from 1929 until his death in 1972.
To his contemporaries, Tupolev was known as a witty but crude master of mat (a rapid-fire Russian male-speak infused with obscenity) who invariably and energetically insisted on fast and adequate technical fixes at the expense of scholastic ideal solutions.
Tupolev was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrei_Tupolev   (655 words)

  
 Andrei Tupolev
Andrei Tupolev was born at Pustomazovo[?], Russia on November 10, 1888.
During his career, Tupolev was the creator of more than 100 types of aircraft which were used to set 78 world records.
His son Alexei Andrejewitsch Tupolev, born 1925 also was a famour aircraft designer.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Andrey_Tupolev.html   (130 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Andrei Tupolev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Tupolev was arrested in 1937 together with another famous aircraft designer, Vladimir Petlyakov, charged with the creation of "Russian Fascist Party".
Officially Tupolev was convicted in 1940 for 10 years, but released in 1944 "for carrying out important defense works".
Tupolev Tu-144LL The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO reporting name: Charger) was a supersonic airliner constructed under management of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev (1925–2001).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Andrei-Tupolev   (1029 words)

  
 ooBdoo
Tupolev OKB was founded by Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev in 1922.
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky, the largest airplane of the 1930s, it was used for Stalinist propaganda and was often flown over Moscow.
One common feature found in many large subsonic Tupolev jet aircraft is large pods extending rearward from the trailing edge of the wings, holding the aircraft's landing gear.
www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Tupolev   (1306 words)

  
 Tupolev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Officially known as PSC Tupolev, it is the sucessor of the famed Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau headed by the renowned Soviet aerospace engineer A. Tupolev.
Tupolev OKB was founded by A.N. Tupolev in 1922.
Alexei Tupolev, son of Andrei Tupolev, was also a famous aircraft designer.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Tupolev.html   (864 words)

  
 History of the Fisher-Price Airplane (Tu-164 / FP-72)
Tupolev had the courage to tell him that it couldn't be done.
In his memoirs, Khrushchev emphasized that Tupolev was telling this to a man who had already jailed him for years on a manufactured pretext.
Tupolev was placed under house arrest until Stalin's death in 1953.
www.weathergraphics.com /tim/fisher   (690 words)

  
 Tupolev Tu-144
The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO codename: Charger) was a supersonic airliner constructed under management of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau.
The plane was developed by Alexei Andrejewitsch Tupolev.
In 1990, Tupolev approached NASA and offered a Tu-144 as a testbed for its High Speed Commercial Research program, intended to design a second-generation supersonic jetliner.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tu/Tu-144.html   (334 words)

  
 Independent, The (London): Obituary: Alexei Tupolev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
ALEXEI TUPOLEV was one of the key designers behind Soviet Russia's supersonic airliner, the Tu-144, and the son of Andrei Tupolev, who was himself one of the world's leading aircraft designers.
Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev was born in Moscow in 1925 and graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1949.
Alexei joined the OKB and, as the son of the General Constructor, as Andrei was titled, worked his way through the different departments, learning the ropes.
www.topcasinolist.net /article/blackjack/5962.html   (928 words)

  
 Venik's Aviation News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Alexei Tupolev helped design mass-production passenger jets such as the Tu-134, still a workhorse of Russian and other former Soviet airline companies.
Tupolev redesigned the Tu-144 in the mid-1970s to provide the military with a long-range supersonic nuclear bomber.
Tupolev worked on the Buran space shuttle, which carried out one unmanned flight into space in 1988 but was later scrapped because of funding problems.
www.aeronautics.ru /archive/aeronews/conv/article_May_2001_14_120.htm   (350 words)

  
 Alexei Tupolev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev (Russian: Алексе́й Андре́евич Ту́полев; May 20, 1925–May 12, 2001) was a Soviet aircraft designer who led the development of the first supersonic passenger jet, the Tupolev Tu-144.
He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1949 and began working with his father at the Tupolev Design Bureau.
He became chief designer in 1963 and general designer in 1973.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexei_Tupolev   (125 words)

  
 pl Tupolew Tupolev Tupolev is a Russia Russian aerospace and defence...
Officially known as "PSC Tupolev", it is the sucessor of the famed Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau headed by the renowned Soviet aerospace engineer A. Tupolev A. Tupolev.
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a leading designer at the Moscow-based Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI TsAGI) from 1929 1929 until his death in 1972 1972.
Alexei Tupolev Alexei Tupolev, son of Andrei Tupolev, was also a famous aircraft designer.
www.biodatabase.de /Tupolev   (968 words)

  
 Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Fake Tu-180 Nevidimka
New Tupolev bomber is a first true stealth design known to be in service outside of the United States.
According to V. Klimov (director general of Tupolev ANTK) new stealth has a degree of commonalty with its stablemates (for example it uses landing gear similar to that of Tu-160).
Tupolev claims that first flight was made on March 14, 1985, therefore, beating Northrop B-2 by four years (July 17, 1989).
www.aerospaceweb.org /question/planes/q0204a.shtml   (1025 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Tupolev,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Tupolev, Andrei Nikolayevich, 1888-1972, Soviet aeronautical engineer, educated at the Moscow Technical Institute.
In 1918 he helped organize the Central Aerodynamics Institute, the first aerodynamics research institution in the USSR.
Tupolev was the first in the USSR to design all-metal aircraft.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Tupolev,   (133 words)

  
 # sm460 Tupolev TU-2000 transport spaceplane : Soviet and Russian aviation and space collecaibles, ussr-airspace.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The MKVS was to provide effective and economic delivery to near-earth orbit; develop the technology for effective transatmospheric flight; provide super high-speed intercontinental transport, and fulfil military objectives in and from space.
Tupolev seems to have received the development go-ahead.
The Tu-2000A was to have been followed by two production designs, as Tupolev felt no single design could meet all of the military requirements.
www.ussr-airspace.com /index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2248   (393 words)

  
 Tupolev Design Bureau
First of all Tupolev Design Bureau became fundamental continuation and realization of all advanced trends being in Russian aviation science and technology at the beginning of the XX-th century.
Nine years later in 1919 Tupolev brilliantly defended his diploma project on “Experience of seaplane development on the basis of wind tunnel test data” having by this moment a substantial experience in aerodynamic investigations and in study of real Russian and foreign aircraft designs.
To-day a substantial portion of aircraft passengers in Russia and in CIS are transported by Tupolev’s aircraft.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/tu.htm   (1400 words)

  
 Tupolev Tu-144 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO reporting name: Charger) was a supersonic transport aircraft (SST) constructed under the direction of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev (1925–2001).
In the early 1990s a wealthy businesswoman, Judith DePaul, and her company IBP Aerospace negotiated an agreement with Tupolev and NASA, (also Rockwell and later Boeing).
The replacement Kuznetsov NK-321 engines (from the Tupolev Tu-160 bomber) are military items and the Russian government would not allow them to be exported.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144   (1486 words)

  
 RTE News - Russian Concordski aircraft designer dies
Alexei Tupolev, the designer of the Russian version of Concorde, has died at the age of 75 after a long illness.
A modified Tu-144 briefly operated between Moscow and the Central Asian city of Almaty, but was quietly shelved after a second crash in 1977 which killed three people.
Mr Tupolev also helped to design mass-built passenger jets such as the Tupolev 134, which remains a cornerstone of the Russian air fleet, as well as the Buran space shuttle, which carried out one flight into space in 1988, but was then scrapped due to funding problems.
www.rte.ie /news/2001/0513/tupolev.html   (200 words)

  
 NASA - High-Speed Research: The TU-144LL
Tupolev Tu-144 History and Background Andrei Nicholayvich Tupolev was born in 1888 and was responsible for the design of many Russian aircraft.
Both Andrei and Alexei Tupolev were present on Dec. 31, 1968 for the maiden flight of a prototype Tu-144, which became the world's first supersonic transport.
Prior to its recent modification to the Tu-144LL, the aircraft had a maximum cruising speed of Mach 2.35 (2.35 times the speed of sound or approximately 1,600 mph), a range of 2,485 miles (4,000 km) and a maximum altitude of 62,000 feet (18,897 m).
www.nasa.gov /centers/langley/news/factsheets/TU-144.html   (1379 words)

  
 TUPOLEV DEL ALEXEI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Il tupolev del Alexei Andreyevich era un progettista sovietico che ha condotto lo sviluppo del primo getto supersonico sovietico del passeggero, il tupolev Tu-144 del velivolo.
Il tupolev era il figlio del pioniere sovietico famed del velivolo, tupolev del Andrei.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
www.facteri.com /wiki/it/tu/Tupolev%20Del%20Alexei.htm   (105 words)

  
 Alexei Tupolev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev (May 20, 1925 - May 12, 2001) was a Soviet aircraft designer who led the development of the first Soviet supersonic passenger jet, the Tupolev Tu-144.
He also helped design the Buran space shuttle.
Tupolev was the son of famed Soviet aircraft pioneer, Andrei Tupolev.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/a/al/alexei_tupolev.html   (109 words)

  
 Tupolev Tu-144
Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO codename: Nabíječka) byl nadzvukový dopravní letadlo postavilo pod vedením Sovětu Tupolev navrhne úřad šel Alexei Tupolev (1925-2001).
V 1990, Tupolev blížil se k NASA a nabízel Tu-144 jak testbed pro jeho reklamu vysoké rychlosti zkoumají program, zamýšlel navrhnout sekundu-generační nadzvukové jetliner.
Dvě flyable letadla jsou ještě u Tupolev výrobní rostliny.
wikipedia.infostar.cz /t/tu/tupolev_tu_144.html   (522 words)

  
 Bereznyak-Isayev BI rocket jet interceptor - history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sukhoi / Tupolev I-4 "parasite" fighter mounted on the wing of a TB-1 heavy bomber
The aircraft was designed by Alexander Yakovlevich Bereznyak (1912 - 1974) and Alexei Mikhailovich Isayev (1908 - 1971) under the direction of Professor Victor Bolkhovitinov, head of the OKB Bolkhovitinov (aircraft design bureau).
Alexei Isayev developed a series of jet propulsion systems used by Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz space vehicles; Luna, Mars, Venera, Zond, Molniya, Polyot, Kosmos interplanetary spaceships; Salyut orbital vehicles, etc. Isayev received Lenin Award in 1958 and two State Awards of the USSR in 1948 and 1968.
www.aeronautics.ru /nws001/bi/history.htm   (2769 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO codename: Charger) was a supersonic airliner constructed under management of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev (1925-2001).
Tejavia reported on September 2003 that the deal was not signed.
Two flyable aircraft are still at the Tupolev production plant.
www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/t/tu/tupolev_tu_144.html   (622 words)

  
 NOVA | Transcripts | Supersonic Spies | PBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Tupolev was inspired to use a delta wing for his new SST.
Tupolev and his team had much better luck working through the problems of their SST.
ALEXEI TUPOLEV: But commissions, by their very nature, always fail to produce the true picture.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/transcripts/2503supersonic.html   (5708 words)

  
 Russian Life Online
The pilot lost control during a steep climb and the canard (stabilizing wing) tore and put a hole in a fuel tank which was housed in the plane's wing.
During the Soviet era, Tupolev supervised the design, construction and testing of the Tu-144 supersonic jet (1963 - 1968) and the Tu-2000, the Soviet version of a space shuttle Buran (1988).
Alexei was the son of Soviet aircraft pioneer Andrei Tupolev, who died in 1972.
www.russianlife.net /article.cfm?Number=396   (858 words)

  
 Inmemoriam
Luchtvaartingenieur Tupolev overleden De Russische luchtvaartingenieur Alexei Tupolev is zaterdag overleden op 76-jarige leeftijd.
Tupolev is de ontwerper van het supersonische vliegtuig TU-144, het Russische equivalent van de Concorde.
Hij werkte ook mee aan heel wat luchtvaartprojecten van zijn vader, Andrei Tupolev, die in 1972 overleed.
www.inmemoriam.be /bvdetail.asp?bvid=247   (56 words)

  
 icof.info Andrey Tupolev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Of the military aircraft he designed; the Tupolev Tu-95 (an intercontinental ƄomƄer) is proƄaƄly the most famous.
Tupolev was arrested in 1937 together with another famous aircraft designer; Vladimir Petlyakov ; charged with the creation of "Russian Fascist Party"
Officially Tupolev was convicted in 1940 for 10 years; Ƅut released in 1944 "for carrying out important defense works"
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 Tupolev
The Tupolev design bureau is known for its bomber and commercial aircraft.
Its most famous aircraft are the ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky", the Tu-95 "Bear" turbo-prop intercontinental bomber and the Tu-144 supersonic transport.
Note: Following the Soviet method of designating aircraft, Tupolev was a design bureau and not a manufacturer of aircraft.
www.shanaberger.com /tupolev.htm   (130 words)

  
 IOL: The deadful greats - goodbye, farewell, RIP
Russian aircraft designer Alexei Tupolev, who led the design of the Soviet version of Concorde, has died at the age of 75, the Tupolev company said on Sunday.
Tupolev was born on May 20, 1925, the son of an equally famous father and fellow aircraft designer, Andrei Tupolev.
Alexei Tupolev helped design mass-built passenger jets such as the Tupolev 134, still a workhorse of Russian and other former Soviet airline companies.
www.iol.co.za /general/newsview.php?click_id=79&art_id=qw989769301115D314&set_id=1   (1282 words)

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